Full FeedSteve gives fan the cold shoulder?
Apparently Steve Jobs isn’t as nice as he would have you believe. Fangirl “Violet Blue” re-tells her experience of walking up to Steve and asking him for a picture:
So, I saw that Steve Jobs was just hanging out on the Macworld expo floor, not in conversation, not talking to anyone, and poking at his phone in the middle of the public so I walked over. Thinking a girl—in this case, a fangirl, me—will never get anything if she doesn’t ask for it, I lightly touched his arm and said “hi“. He looked at me, and I blushingly asked if it would be okay for me to ask if I could take a picture with him. [...] He told me curtly, flatly that I was rude. And turned his back to me. The small circle of people around him sniggered. That woman you see actually snort-laughed at me, and rolled her eyes.
Now the man standing to Steve’s right is Phil Schiller, and the woman is Katie Cotton, who is Apple’s PR head. She posted this picture (to the right) on her Flickr account, which is the only picture she was able to get of Steve since he declined to take one with her in it. Shortly after she was “blown-off” by Steve, Robert Scoble captured her on video sharing her experience. Whether or not her story is exactly what happened, we may never know.
If what “Violet Blue” is saying is true, it sort of changes my view of Steve a bit. Though if a random person came up to me and touched my arm and asked for a picture, I would be a little concerned as well. You can read Fake Steve’s response to the matter, as real Steve hasn’t commented yet.
Via [Tech Digest]
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Gah! This story has gone around so much, and I am not here to be a blog whore, but here is my take on the whole thing:
http://www.idrankthekoolaid.com/?p=82
I mean really, why in the world wouldn’t Steve want his picture taken with a chick with a name badge that says “Open Sex Sex” - can’t imagine why? It’s not like it would be all over the Internet or anything….
Sheesh. I would hope that all of us wouldn’t want someone to have their opinion of us changed on the basis of one story upon which all the facts aren’t known. Maybe the dude was just having a bad day? I suspect however, it was more the fact that he didn’t want to deal with a porno blogger/podcaster.
on January 20, 2008 at 05:17 PM - LINKI mean “Open Source Sex” - sorry.
on January 20, 2008 at 05:18 PM - LINKI met Steve Jobs not too long ago outside the Fifth Ave Apple Store in Manhattan.
He took a photo with me and complimented my Apple tattoo on my hand. In fact he jokingly said if I was an old school fan I would have had a rainbow one instead of black.
He introduced himself to my girlfriend (she’s from India) and I was able to talk to him for a good 10 minutes.
This doesn’t sound like the Steve Jobs I met…maybe she shouldn’t have interrupted his conversation…idk.
on January 20, 2008 at 09:17 PM - LINK@Dizzle: “Sheesh. I would hope that all of us wouldn’t want someone to have their opinion of us changed on the basis of one story upon which all the facts aren’t known.”
Though you are right to say that, and it is true that this girl could be lying, a simple “no thank-you” may have been a better response, if what she says is to be believed.
@Victor: Wow, that must have been quite an experience for an Apple fan! :) I guess it just depends on the type of scenario you meet Steve in that decides his response.
on January 20, 2008 at 09:39 PM - LINKI don’t believe she is lying - no reason to think that, but none of us were there, and she did “spin” the story - that is not the same as lying. The fact is she was not some poor sap of a girl who got snubbed by Jobs. She is a very well-known porn advocate. Perhaps “no thank you” would have been better, but I am sure we all do and say things that could have been better. I can only imagine it must be pretty annoying to always have your sleeve tugged…. It just really bothers me that there is this one incident that is getting dragged all over the blogosphere and his reputation is getting unduly smeared. In today’s world we are so quick to gossip. We weren’t there - we don’t know all of the facts, and the facts that we do know leave a very reasonable scenario that there were some very legitimate reasons for what happened.
And Victor - I have read many such stories - that is what distresses me about the way this has spread like wildfire. Many many people have had experiences like yours. Oh btw, I am so jealous!!!!! What did you guys talk about?
on January 20, 2008 at 10:18 PM - LINK